In medicine, gallstones (choleliths) are crystalline bodies formed within the body by accretion or concretion of normal or abnormal bile components.Gallstones can occur anywhere within the biliary tree, including the gallbladder and the common bile duct. Obstruction of the common bile duct is choledocholithiasis; obstruction of the biliary tree can cause jaundice; obstruction of the outlet of the pancreatic exocrine system can cause pancreatitis. Cholelithiasis is the presence of stones in the gallbladder—chole- means "bile", lithia means "stone", and -sis means "process".The characteristics of gallstones are various. Independent of appearance, however, gallstones from animals are valuable on the market.

A doctor at a prestigious Arizona clinic faces disciplinary action for allegedly photographing the tattooed penis of a patient during surgery, officials confirmed Thursday. The patient at the center of the controversy is a strip-club owner who had been undergoing a gall bladder operation.

Liver detox or cleansing the liver and gall bladder are popular traditional treatments in Naturopathic Medicine. There is however little scientific research on it...

The first complete surgery performed by doctors on one continent controlling robotic instruments on another has gone off without a hitch. Surgeons in New York removed a 68-year-old woman�s gall-bladder as she lay across the ocean in Strasbourg, France�more than 7,000 kilometers away.

According to a latest study, the number of kids who were hospitalized due to obesity tripled from 1998 to 2004 in US. The common problems due to which kids hospitalized were sleep apnea, high blood pressure and gall bladder stones

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